A debate about the aggressive behaviour of the French police was fuelled today by the conviction of the former athletics champion, Eunice Barber, for resisting arrest two years ago. Mme Barber, 34, ...

A FRENCH court yesterday ordered former athletics world champion Eunice Barber to pay a €5,000 fine for insulting and biting a police officer and resisting arrest. But the 34-year-old Sierra ...

Paris: A lawyer for French athlete Eunice Barber demanded an inquiry on Wednesday after a TV station aired amateur video footage of what appeared to be police abuse following her arrest for a driving ...

A FRENCH court yesterday ordered former athletics world champion Eunice Barber to pay a €5,000 fine for insulting and biting a police officer and resisting arrest. Heptathlon’s new golden girl ...

PARIS -- Former heptathlon and long jump world champion Eunice Barber says she was bloodied and left with numb hands and a damaged arm as a result of her arrest outside France's main stadium. Barber ...

Eunice Barber thrusts her hands forward to reveal wrists circled with lines of thin scratch-like scars. It is a spontaneous gesture unwittingly laden with terrible significance. This is the Olympic ...

World heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft overcame injury and a dogged opponent to retain her title after an epic two-day battle with France's Eunice Barber. The 22-year-old Swede held an 18-point ...

It took seven days, but the celebratory strains of "La Marseillaise" finally rang round the Stade de France last night. But it could have been so different. When Eunice Barber fled the civil war in ...

France's former world champion Eunice Barber posted a world-leading score in her first heptathlon for two years in Arles, France on Sunday. Barber, who has had a lean spell since winning the 1999 ...

France's former heptathlon world title holder Eunice Barber will retire in 2004 rather than compete in the decathlon. The 1999 world champion will call a halt to her career after a final attempt at ...